Applying Robert's Rules of Order - Sooner Unit Parliamentarians

Three Sooner Unit members are on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma State Association of Parliamentarians and have been actively engaged in planning the educational workshop and convention in August along with President Virginia McComas. Sooner Unit members have participated in the following activities:

� May 15, 2008 � Sooner Unit members adopted a motion to administer the NAP membership test on September 18, 2008. The test will be given after the regularly scheduled Sooner Unit meeting, and there will be a review before the test. Provisional members from other units are welcome to take the test at this time.

� May 2-3, 2008 � Two Unit members attended the annual convention of the Texas State Association of Parliamentarians.

� April 17, 2008 � The Sooner Unit celebrated parliamentary law month by sponsoring a pizza party and membership
drive at Mazzio�s pizza.

� April 9, 2008 � Two Unit members judged junior high and high school students enrolled in Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) for their state competition at the Clarion Meridian Convention Center. Dr. Janet Wilson, PRP, Oil Capital Unit, also helped judge this competition.

� April 5, 2008 � Four Unit members gave a three-hour parliamentary workshop to the participants of the �Neighborhood Leaders for Today,� a six-week course sponsored by the Neighborhood Alliance of Central Oklahoma.

� March 28, 2008 � Five Unit members traveled to Stillwater to judge high school and junior high students enrolled in Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) for state competition. Dr. Janet Wilson, PRP, from the Oil Capital Unit joined Sooner Unit members, along with Virginia McComas from the Great Plains Unit.

� February 2008�A unit member served as parliamentarian (at no cost) for the Red Lands Council Girl Scouts annual meeting of delegates in Oklahoma City.

� January 2008�Annual meeting and officer installation held at the Boulevard Cafeteria. The Unit remembered and honored Dr. Dorothy Parker whose funeral was held on this day. Copies of RONR will be donated to a local school in her name.

� January 2008�Mentored state HOSA officers at the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center.

� December 2007 - Christmas party and membership drive held at Home Town Buffet.

� November 2007 - Members judged FCCLA competition at Sunnylane Methodist Church.

� November 2007- Members judged FCCLA competition at MetroTech Springlake Campus.

� November 2007 - Donated five copies of RONR in Brief to Red Lands Council Girl Scouts.

� October 2007 � The Unit sponsored a table and members attended the OKC Neighborhood Alliance�s Good Neighbor Awards Banquet at the Oklahoma History Center.

� September 2007 � Two delegates attended the biennial convention of the National Association of Parliamentarians in Omaha, Nebraska.

� June 2007- Three Sooner Unit members were elected/appointed to the 2008 OSAP Board of Directors and have been attending OSAP board meetings.

� June 2007 � Members on the OSAP Board of Directors assisted the OSAP President with the coordination and planning of the annual OSAP state convention as well as coordinated, planned, sold educational materials, and conducted sessions at the educational workshop on the Friday before the convention.

� June 2007 - Sooner Unit Donated $200 to OSAP for refreshments and door prizes for the educational workshop.

09/27/06
A member of the Sooner Unit gave a one-hour parliamentary procedure workshop at the Lorman Education Services seminar "Establishing And Operating Homeowners' Associations" at the Waterford Marriott in Oklahoma City.

09/22/06
Two Sooner Unit members traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and presented a two-hour morning parliamentary procedure workshop and a two-hour afternoon workshop to two classes of Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA). HOSA is a student organization whose mission is to promote career opportunities in the health care industry and to enhance the delivery of quality health care to all people. HOSA students compete in state and national competitive events programs, one of which is parliamentary procedure.

08/12/06
Two Sooner Unit members traveled to Lawton, Oklahoma, to give a five-hour workshop in Basic Parliamentary Procedure, and administered the National Association of Parliamentarians membership exam to three workshop participants.

06/14/06
Four Sooner Unit members gave a luncheon workshop for the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Managers (OSCPM). The Mission of OSCPM is to promote effective public management by establishing the Certified Public Manager credential as the recognized standard for professional practice. OSCPM is one of 22 accredited states belonging to the American Academy of Certified Public Managers� (AACPM), a national professional association of public sector managers, which has more than 1,000 members nationwide.

06/10/06
Four Sooner Unit members presented a two-hour parliamentary procedure workshop to the Top Ladies of Distinction & Top Teens of America.

06/02/06
Three members of the Sooner Unit presented an all-day parliamentary procedure workshop in conjunction with the Annual Convention of the Oklahoma State Association of Parliamentarians. Topics covered included: Duties of the President, Vice-President, President-Elect; the Agenda; Duties of the Recording Secretary; Minutes; Duties of the Treasurer and Finance Committee; Duties of the Parliamentarian; Types of Committees and Committee Reports; Methods of Voting and Voting Procedures; How to Have a Great Meeting; The Three Processes of Amending a Motion; Procedure for Handling Motions; Order and Precedence of the 13 Ranking Motions; Nominations/Elections; and Basic Parliamentary Procedure Overview.

In January 2005, Sooner Unit held its annual officer installation dinner and membership drive at Hunan Wok in NW Oklahoma City. The OKC NW Classen FFA Youth Group attended and was presented with their Youth Group charter from NAP. Sponsored by Sooner Unit members, this Youth Group is one of only about a dozen chartered NAP Youth Groups nationwide. Barbara Benton conducted the Sooner Unit officer installation ceremony, and the officers are:

President - Mary Davidson, RP
Vice-President � Anthony L Stewart
Secretary � Phyllis Freeman Stewart
Treasurer � Rod Davidson, PRP

In the Fall of 2005, Sooner Unit members assisted with preparing the annual meeting script for the Girl Scouts - Red Lands Council (convention of delegates). Rod Davidson, PRP, served as meeting parliamentarian. The Sooner Unit is looking forward to assisting the Girl Scouts - Red Lands Council with their annual meeting again in the Fall of 2006.

Ongoing Sooner Unit Activities and Projects: During the year, a number of Sooner Unit members served as judges for the FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) and HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) at various parliamentary procedure competitions. The Sooner Unit also hosted two membership drive/pizza parties during the year. At the current time, Sooner Unit members are working with the city of Moore Girl Scouts to present one or more parliamentary procedure workshops this coming Fall to Moore students and the Moore community. The Sooner Unit is also working with the Oklahoma City Neighborhood Alliance to schedule a Summer workshop for neighborhoods on the basics of parliamentary procedure.

The 2003 Fall project of the Sooner Unit was to assist with the annual meeting (convention of delegates) of the Girl Scouts - Red Lands Council, held on October 25, 2003, in Oklahoma City. During the course of over sixty-five years, the Red Lands Council's jurisdiction has grown to fifteen Oklahoma counties: Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Lincoln, Logan, Kingfisher, Major, Oklahoma, Pottawatomie, Woods, and Woodward counties, with 100 elected delegates representing over 5,000 Girl Scouts.

Over the course of a couple of months, members of the Sooner Unit met with the president, in person and by e-mail, and assisted with writing the convention script (which included a bylaws revision and elections), making recommendations for convention standing rules, and preparing the presiding officer for the meeting. A Registered Parliamentarian who is a member of the Sooner Unit, served as convention parliamentarian.

The Sooner Unit donated five copies of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised, which were awarded in a drawing to five Girl Scout service units with 100% participation at the convention. In addition, the Sooner Unit donated approximately $50 worth of handouts on parliamentary procedure to the meeting participants, including a motion card on the precedence of motions, and a list of Frequently Asked Questions.

Registered Parliamentarians at the Sooner Unit are willing to conduct study sessions and mentoring for NAP members who are interested in studying for the RP exam. Hour-long Thursday evening study sessions can be held once or twice monthly on the campus of Oklahoma City University.

Books are available from NAP and (to save on shipping costs) a combined order can be placed.

Mary and Rod took the RP exam in September, 2001, at the NAP convention in Washington, D.C., and had this to say,


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